Synapses from labeled type II axons in the mouse cochlear nucleus

Hearing Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 31-46

  Berglund, A M ^a,b   Benson, T E ^c   Brown, M C ^a,b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; Hearing; Outer hair cell; Spatial ganglion neuron; Unmyelinated axon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; HAIR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL GANGLION; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030070985     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(95)00231-6     Document Type: Article

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